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Minors

Earn a minor with your BS in Nuclear Engineering and increase your knowledge, expertise, and employability. The below minors are available to UT students and are highly desired by nuclear engineering utilities and industry.

Students should remember that majors and minors must be on the same catalog year. All courses in engineering minors have pre-requisite and co-requisite engineering and math course requirements. Meet with Advisor Calleb Capshaw before adding a minor.

Add an engineering minor

Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Management Minor

The minor consists of 15 hours.

  • NE 404 Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • NE 433 or NE 233 Principles of Health Physics
  • CE 340 Construction Engineering and Management I
  • NE 406 Radiation Shielding
  • NE 542 Management of Radioactive Materials

Italics are required BS courses, * Signifies radiological track.

Read more about this minor, which was highlighted in a Radwaste Solutions article. Or, listen to former Department Head Wes Hines talk about the minor in a podcast titled Gone Fission Nuclear Report.

Nuclear Power Engineering Minor

The minor consists of 15 hours.

  • NE 301 – Foundations of Radiation Protection
  • NE / ECE / ME 302 – Foundations of Nuclear Power
  • NE / IE / ME 303 – Foundations of Nuclear Operations

Choose two electives1

  • CBE 240 – Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • CBE 330 – Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
  • CE 381 – Environmental Engineering
  • STAT 251 – Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers
  • ECE 313 – Probability and Random Variables or ECE 317 – Honors: Probability and Random Variables
  • ECE 325 – Electric Energy System Components
  • COSC 366 – Introduction to Cybersecurity
  • IE 200 – Engineering Statistics
  • IE 405 – Engineering Economic Analysis
  • MSE 260 – Materials Engineering Thermodynamics
  • MSE 301 – Applied Statistics and Numerical Methods for Materials Scientists and Engineers
  • ME 331 – Thermodynamics
  • ME 344 – Heat Transfer

1Consult your academic advisor regarding major-specific courses that can be used to complete this requirement

Read more about the benefits of adding a nuclear power engineering minor.

Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Minor

The minor consists of 15 hours.

    • NE 401 – Radiological Engineering Laboratory
    • NE 483 – Introduction to Reliability Engineering
    • NE 484 – Introduction to Maintainability Engineering
    • STAT 251 – Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers*
    • NE 351 – Nuclear System Dynamics, Instrumentation, and Controls

Italics are required BS courses, * Signifies radiological track.

Nuclear Safety Minor

The minor consists of 17 hours.

  • NE 360 – Reactor Systems and Safety
  • NE 402/427 – Nuclear Engineering Laboratory/Honors
  • NE 485 – Process System Reliability and Safety or NE 5851 – Process Systems Reliability and Safety
  • NE 486 – Nuclear Licensing or NE 5861 – Nuclear Licensing

Italics are required BS courses.

Choose one elective

  • NE 421 – Introduction to Nuclear Criticality Safety
  • NE 483 – Introduction to Reliability Engineering

1Students who choose to take any of the 500-level courses should consult with their advisor to determine whether these courses will be applied as undergraduate or graduate credits.

Read more about the benefits of adding a nuclear safety minor.

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